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For O’Neil Glenn, John F. Kennedy girls basketball is more of a mindset, a lifestyle choice. The former football star at the University of Maryland and NFL player with the New England Patriots coaches the Knights as if they were playing on the gridiron. It’s all about physicality and defense. Read more…

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Jacqueline Schoninger has done nothing but win during her first three seasons at Fieldston. The Eagles made trips to Glens Falls as the NYSAIS Class B representative when she was a freshman and sophomore and won its first ever Ivy League title last season. The Brown-bound point guard isn’t ready to finish her career without some more hardware to show for it. Read more…

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Ashton Pankey enjoyed his visit to Houston. He liked everything Hofstra, Drexel and Rice had to offer. But when it came time to make a decision, to pick a place where he could spend the next four years of his life, the choice wasn’t necessarily tough. Read more…

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The last time All Hallows played a competitive game, the Gaels pushed eventual CHSAA Class AA intersectional champion Rice to the brink before eventually succumbing in the semifinals last year at Carnesecca Arena. Read more…

Letters

Bronx Times Reporter

A new ACCESS showcase, offering refurbished computers as low as $200, opens this Monday in Port Morris, just in time for the holiday season. The new store at 804 E. 138th Street, will be the second ACCESS store in the Bronx. Read more…

Bronx Times Reporter

Calvary Hospital recently launched the inaugural issue of its first e-newsletter, Calvary Life. This communication tool is designed to keep people updated on the latest hospital news and community partnerships. Although donations are always encouraged, Calvary Life is not only limited to donors. To download the inaugural issue, go to http://www.calvaryhospital.org/CalvaryLifeI. Read more…

Bronx Times Reporter

Bronx Times Reporter

Sonora Restaurant hosted a fundraiser for Calvary Hospital with all of the proceeds going to Calvary Patient Care Programs. According to owner Ralph Russo, he ran the fundraiser because Calvary helps so many in the community. The event was held at 2107 Williamsbridge Road on Monday, November 10. Read more…

Bronx Times Reporter

Going to the dentist can be traumatic for any child or adult. For some special needs children, it can be even more so. It’s important to select a dentist that is prepared to handle your child’s special needs and can make the experience as painless as possible for you and your child. Here are some steps you can take to make sure that the experience is both pleasant for your child and non-stressful for you. Read more…

Bronx Times Reporter

Bronx Times Reporter

With so much doom and gloom bombarding us, it felt so great when all those hands went up “unanimously voting yes for a public hearing to discuss a possible directional change for St. Paul Avenue.” Read more…

Bronx Times Reporter

Bronx Times Reporter

On Saturday, November 21, the New York Botanical Garden opened its annual Holiday Train Show, which includes dozens of replicas of skyscrapers, museums, mansions, brownstones, bridges, ballparks, and other famous structures from around New York. Artist Paul Busse handcrafted all of the structures around the tracks from leaves, twigs, bark, berries, pods, pinecones, and other plant materials. Read more…

Bronx Times Reporter

Guitarist and teacher Joshua McGuire will perform at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 2500 Westchester Avenue, on Sat., Dec. 5, at 3 pm. McGuire’s presentation, Treasures of the Americas, will feature selections by Leo Brouwer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Alberto Ginestra. This is McGuire’s only New York City-area performance. Read more…

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With more than 130,000 children in the United States between the ages of seven and 17 living in foster care, Downey Side Families for Youth, a New York City-based adoption agency, reached out this month to educate Bronx residents on the benefits of adoption. Read more…

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A museum that celebrates the contributions of veterans from the Bronx, currently located at John Dormi and Sons Funeral Home, has added. Now its curator is celebrating new donations and a new display case, thanks to Veterans and Friends, a Morris Park group.. Read more…

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has acknowledged Albert Einstein College of Medicine for an efficient design that will significantly reduce the amount of energy used in its newest building. Read more…

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A trainer at New York Sports Club in Morris Park is donating his wages to fight cancer. On Friday, November 6, Demarco Rivera handed $250 to a cancer survivor who plans on giving the money to St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Manhattan. Read more…

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At its general monthly meeting on Thursday, November 19, CB10 voted overwhelmingly to include parts of Pelham Bay, Zerega and Waterbury-LaSalle in Lower Growth Density Management amendments that would close loopholes that currently allow developers to build less parking. The amendments, put forward by Councilman Jimmy Vacca and others, apply to R6 and R7-1 zones that possess a mix of one and two-family homes and apartment buildings. Read more…

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Rosanna Gennarelli didn’t ask the city to put a bus stop in front of her E. Tremont Avenue house. Gennarelli hasn’t encouraged bus passengers to toss trash on her sidewalk and lawn. But apparently the city doesn’t really care. Read more…

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Sedgwick Avenue resident Greg Faulkner has proven to be an outspoken leader as chair of Community Board 7, weighing in on employment at the Croton Water Filtration Plant, neighborhood crime and the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory since 2004. Read more…